I currently use Comcast for internet access and email accounts. In a couple of months, I will be moving to a locale with no Comcast service . I am thinking about getting an Gmail account from google and starting to inform my correspondents about the change of address. I assume that once I move, I can continue to use the gmail address and access it as a POP3 account so that I will only have to change email addresses once, and so that I will be immune to future email address changes due to moves, cable company mergers and bankruptcies. After going from @home to @attbi to @comcast, I would like to get some stability.

How do FTers like gmail? How does it work using it as a POP3 with outlook over cable modem? Does anybody have a better suggestion about how to handle the situation?

Mike